The Sumter watchman. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, June 21, 1871, Image 1

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I ?k faite jfat?im _ YOL XXII WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1871._ NO. 6. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, iSoRALITF AND GENERA ^INTELLIGENCE. e Sumter Watchman. (ESTABLISHED IN 1850.) IS PUBLISHED ERY WEDNESDAY JIOKNIN? AT SUMTER. S. C.? BY LBERT & FLOWERS. Terms. year.S3 00 months. 1 50 te mouths... 1 "0 ? DVB K TISEM KN TS inserted st tbe rate! >NE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per | re for tbe first, ONE DOLLAR tor tbe j nd, and FIFTY CENTS for each subsequent j (?on, for any period less than three months BITUARIBS, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT! I all communications which subserrc private j Peats, will he paid tor as ldvertiscmeuts. LE STATIS TICS OF HYMEN. "The hard and unpleasant truth may weil be stated," says Appleton's Journ 'that marriages occur lu accordance ?th large general facts, over which in ?viduals can exercise no authority, and at in numbers they are in no wise af cted by the temper and wishes of the feople. This first fact about marriage uot only prosaic but humiliating lall Dot these people choose cotnpan for life, and listen to the clerical 'hat God hath joined together let no tn put asunder,' at such time as they ty mutually agree upou ? ]Jy no means. ie law says they shall do neither ol se things; aud the peculiarity of this is that it cannot be violated Further >re, all who desire it will not be per ittcd to marry. What is to be said of ich immitigable tyranny as this ? Nut larry when we choose, or whom we loose ! Not to be consulted as to whet h we shall marry or not ! What is life ?orth if these things are to be decided ithout our knowledge or consent? Not uch, perhaps; but we might jost as well am the disagreeable fact at once and' ibmit to it Nature is fond of cheats, id plays her charlataury irrespective persons [..Alen are tho sport nf eirenmstanees, when The circumstances seem thc sport of men." rospero, and that Puck is, after all, Hiting but the personified price of corn, [hese illusions and hallucinations arc faults of rite operations of law and we j innot distuib them, though we pile j irniula on formula, and equation upon ! ?juation, until the revolving earth isl !ght as a feather, compared with the eight of the argument. Per contra. hat cares passion for thc multiplication j ible, or love for the diff?rent lal calcu- i ? A fi co for you, law of statistics ! 'Leaving the domain of fancy, wt-find ie plain statistical facts concerning ^arriage ruuciog somewhat in this lise : ROMANCE VS. STATISTICS. "Youth has its illusions and middle re its hallucinations, wherefore these tings of statistics may <jo hang, jes not Romeo actually know that he looses Juliet in preference tc Rosalind!'' j it at ali pmbabie that Miranda] ould have escaped marriage with ; tlibati tl site had never tuet the ship-j reeked Fcrditian t? Where and what . the triekey Puck that makes maidens as he wills and transforms Dem?- ! iou? and Lysander, subj.-ct to no law his own? Alas ! this plodding and jsaic statist, this withered aud bc- j ictacled mathematician will prove to j that Romeo is mistaken. 'The average ase of women, when] y marry, is ??A't years, and ol' l'JU j io reaeii this age lil will never mal ry. ith men it fares differently ; for, ! trance as it may seem, more women tan menget married, and, ol'lUJof' latter who reach the marriage ase ol ' >:9 years. '?'1 will die bachelors Thus.! oat one-fifth of our poop!- are do-.med j die uuwedded, whether they prefer it ; not. WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS. '.Now, the marriages that occur in ; |ew York nu tuber, year by year, aouu: .80-ItJ.5tiU persons-aud for every I ie of these marriages there will at j tme time be left a willow or willower; kr it rarely happens that husband and \ pife die at the s.itLe moment. Some of ^ose widows ar.d widowers will remarry -more of the latter than the former- ^ d because ol this fact, thc actual imber ol women who marry will ex feed the actual number of men. The ile seems to bc that about otic in three ?dowers and one iu four widows re? marry. .Of 100 marriages, about 10 of th" ^en will be widowers, and only 11 ol lc women will be widows, the bachelors imbering 87 and the spinsters H'i. On inetal principles, there may be no Irious objection to old Wellers advice, beware ot vidders;' but we, not basing ir conclusion upon domestic experience it upon a series of mathematical calcu M loos, can absolutely affirm that widows not, by any ni ans, mont',. !ize the ?atrimomal market, and that there is ore to be feared from one spinster lan from a dozen widows (let bachelors take a note of this,) for thc truth is ^at spinsters have a better success fainst widows in the hunt for husbands ian the bachelors have against widow in the win ting of wives. And as ll the hunting and winniug is above le will, and superior to it, wo cannot jy, 'beware' to any bu' si tupi v admonish |l to accept the condition and to yield as race ful ly as possible to their pr?desti? ne fate, whatever it may be-whether )g!e blessedness or weddell woe; cotiju ll felicity or un wedded discontent. EARLY MARRIAGE. "Suppose tlier? be a hundred wed? ings in New York within a given time, all respects of the average kind, how lanyof these per-ons will be minors? from Paracelsus and Cagliostro down to lome and Fox. not one of all the sooth ivers and clairvoyant can tell you that, lo palm reading gip?y, no spirit from ie vasty deep, let him be called by nc latter what boasting Glendower, can ill half so much of these occult events this interrogating mathematician will Mm from his curious figures and be? ndering signs. Ask him, and be will feply, without any mummery or gibber li, twenty four will have been married id about nineteen will be under age If this latter number all but one will women-spinsters not yet oat of theil tens. At ali events, this is the result his present calculations, and if time id increased numbers should alter th? rerages, be will leam the fact soooei ian any one else. The remainder will bachelors and spinsters of the averagt re of 29.5 for the former, and 25.46 foi ie latter. "What the law it that makes bache kn so mach more prudent than spin sters, vre will not undertake losaj certain it is that maidens make more haste than young men gettir to the matrimonial net. Still, it be remembered that girls, wh prudently or not, are regarded as riageable at fifteen, and are certait at seventeen; so that io view ot th< that only eighteen in every bundr the delicate creatures who marry under twenty years of age, while 1 three of the same hundred are bet twenty*and thirty five, and twcntj more between twenty five and tl we must candidly confess that they i fest a degree of prudence in the m that would seriously disturb Malthus, were he ouly aware of it. will not say that marriage previo the adult age is indiscreet; but we defy auy man to fofra a just conch iu rc?ard to the age of discretion thc study of marriage statistics. To this result, thc marriage and mort tables must be studied together, qucstioo is of sotno importance, b must bc unwillingly deferred. THE ELIGIBLE AGES. "But if women come upon the i riageable list earlier than men, suffer thc inconvenience of being stt en earlier from it. After 45, wo are no longer regarded as elig ina; i mon i al ly, and the demand wives of this age is so slight as t< baldly worth considering, althougl find an occasional widow-still n rarely a spiustcr-willing to marry t alter having passed the sprightly a? threescore years and ten. Under years of agc the number of women marry is a little more than twic great as the number of men: but, d 45, the number of Benedicts is n man thrice that of the brides. In 1, marriages of the average kina as to: 14 women and 49 men will have pa! their ninth lustrum. Widows remt at an average age of 39 years, while average age of widowers who again t to themselves conjugal partutrs is 4? thereabout. A TABLE OP CHANCES. "We will ?ot undertake to tell e of our fair readers how old she wil! when led to the altar a blushing bri il that should prove to be her desti but we can tell her what the chati are at the present state of our knowle of statistical facts. If we take weddings that actually occur, we si find that, in every thousand, there \ bo 171) wives undc-r ^0 years, while th will be'only 9 husbands of that age l>ut perhaps these facts will be bet stated in statistical terms, thus: every thousaud marriages there will Hus band?. Wives. <?.179.Under 20 yea? aft 29 j .434... Bel ?reen 2? and 25 years ?f .: js .22??... UH ween 25 ami :'.0 year* of j 172. "1.. Uerween '.'S aii'l 35year.? oft S3.43... Between ?Jj an?! 4U\ears nf i 4 i. 20... Between 40 aud 4> years of i 2.*>. 8... Between 45 ?nil 50 year? of j 12. .'{...Berween 50 ami 55 year? of t C. 1...Between 55 and 60yc;tr.?ofi '.'fhe remainder, nine men and f Winnen, will be scattered elong betwc ti'.' and Si) years-an age at which aim any one would be expected to know b ter. It will be seen, however, that t d' -ire as w di as the opportunity for m riage fa!l> off rapidly in both sex.'S afl 30-up tn that age both seem to increa In 27.500 marriages or thereat there will b? only 119 men and only wom<-a between liO and 70 years of a? I while 1 4 men and 4 women will be h tween 70 and 80. OLD MAIDS, j "Interesting as these ancients a: there is still another class deserving ! o nothing cuore than a passing notir We mean old maids. How many a I there, and what arc their matriinon ?chances? We have already stated tl; twenty-one out of evpry hundred worn ; who reach the marriage afr**, name! j 25.47 years, never marry. But even tl does not tell thc exact number of ma triagcab.e women who are waiting! J husbands, if indeed so ungallant a thii las this may be said of any. But, the how is ii possible to expect an algebra si-jn to bc eui hy of gallantry? Frc j the host authority that can be had upi i this exceedingly interesting topic, ita ! pears that the number of unmarried ai marriageable women, within those her tofore mentioned as thc marriageab ages, namely, 15 and 45, is about 25 p cent of the whole number of wom< living between those ages. "It seems to be a part of the creed thc discontented sisterhood, wheth wives or spinsters, that one of thc ic alienable rights ol'women entitles her a husband. It will be seen that natu '>ets her face against this assumptio ami makes a very different decree. Tl truth is that every woman living bi tween the aires of 15 and 45 bas 2 chances in 100 of dying an old maid J that is, her chances of marriage are i t four to one. This is just enough to gh , them all hope, and not sufficient to drit jany to despair. The complaints! managing mammas are of no avai j Kven the ballot will not bring them ! better fate, and, with suffrage or withoi i it, one fourth of all between the abot i j named ages are doomed to live in oh i maidenhood and to die uohusbanded. CONCLUSIONS. "Our task is done. In dealing wit ! j these secrets we hare doubtless bec . duli; but these bard facts will not adm [ of poetic treatment even if wa wei 'capable of treating facts poetical!] I When Benedick enumerated the viitat . of the woman be would consent I ; husband, he said : 'Her hair shall li j of what color it please God/ He migl ? hare trusted the same good Provident . -call it fate, destiny, or whatever yo I : will-for all tbs other qualities just i . j well. An old adage says : 'Ma rr i ag? r are made in Heaven,' bat Benedick wee made in old Leonato's garden as a . know 'tnd it ia absolutely true io erer . case, as it wat ia thc ooo we ?re eon sidering, and those mo-t interested have less to do with the result than they can well imagine, or,- if they knew, would be willing to admit. For the individual that which be desires is good, that which he would shun is evil; brit in the grand economy of the universe the two are so evenly balanced *and so closely inter? twined that he must be bold, indeed, who would undertake to say which is which. "Talleyrand, upon being introduced to two young men, one recently married, the other still a bachelor, called the former a happy mao, and the latter a lucky dog. This is the broad philosophy of our deductions. Those who live un? wedded need no sympathy; those who die married are worthy of no envy, for which of the two events is better oo one can possibly deteitaine." THE RIP TAN WINKLE OF THE TAL!"! LD--SLEEPING SEVENTY sunmERg. The story of the Rabbi Cooiah bas been reproduced for the Jewish Messen? ger, and is ch iefly remarkable for its resemblance in one or two particulars to the world renowned story of Rip Van Winkle, whioh Washington Irvioggave to the world, and which has been re? vived in the drama by Mr. Joseph Jefferson. The Rabbi was learned above his peers, and many reverenced him for his wisdom and erudition.- Ruthe perceived not the necessity of that charity and forethought which should induce individuals to make provision for those coming after them, aod therefore he received the stern lesson. An old man was planting s carob tree, and displayed a heartiness which seemed to indicate that he expected to enjoy the results of his labor. Coniah regarded him with astonishment and a certain degree of contempt; for it is a tradition of the Talmud that a carob tree does not bear fruit till seventy years after it has been planted. "Do you expect to eat of the fruit of this tren ?" the Rabbi asked, with a shrug of disdain. "Rabbi," answered the old man meekly, but with dignity, "when I was a little child this field abounded with carob trees laden with fruit. My fathers had planted them for me ; I plant this tree for my children." Coniah turned away murmuring; "For hi- children. Blind, how blind weare. We live in this world buta brief period, and yet presume to provide for those that will come after us. They must die as well as we. Our existence was not given u* merely for this world. Every man ought to consider his hea? venly life, and forego all care or interest about the few days that ho and others ? will spend here. What is our lot, or j the lot of our children, is of little ac? count. We are destined for heaven, and that is enough." While he was meditating in this manner, Coniah lay down upon thc ground. Feeling the sensation of hun? ger, he drew forth from 'bis pocket a piece of bread, and ate, continuing his reflections. Presently he became dt*w. sy, and fell asleep. He awoke not ail that day, nor during that night. The day returned, and the night begun ; again, and still he slept. Thus passed many days and nights, during which he awoke not. A wall of stone was erected over him by a miracle, and shut him from thc sight of men. Thus for years he lay incarcerated as io a tomb. Generations passed away, aud numerous events occurred to change the aspect of the world. Finally seventy years were accomplished, and the stony sepulchre disappeared, restoring Coniah to the light of day. He awoke as the sun ascended the meridian, sod exclaim ! ed: "Verily, I have slept long. It wu a little before the dusk of evening when I lay down, and now the sun is midway in the sky." Ile arose and walked to .the place where he had reproached the old man * who planted the tree for posterity. Behold, it was fully grown, and a boy stood near to it eating of irs fruit. Coniah accosted him : "My young friend, who planted tbst carob tree ?" "Not I," replied the youth ; for it re? quires many years for such s tree tc mature and yield its fruit. My fathei declared tc me thst my grandfather planted it." Coniah heard this with a feeling ol horror. "There cao be no mistake/' said hi to himself. "Here it is thst I rebuked the old man, and there I lay down and slept. The tree bears fruit, end I bave been sleeping for seventy years." Full of anxiety, he' directed hil footsteps toward the city where he hst dwelt. But he soon psused io sac bewildermeot. Tbs old psth was gone sod the fsmiliar trees sod landmarks ! bsd disappeared. Tbe houses had pu oo au unfamiliar appearance. Every thing around him was strange ant new. At length he discovered the woy and be came to tho city. A multitud swarmed in the streets. Coniah locket sharply, but oo face could he des ir; that bad ever been koowo to OILS - Once be hada host of admirers; bu DOW he was oot recognised by any OD. For hiss was no welcome, no wold o greeting. A terrible sense of isohsttoi came over him. Bs was alone io th midst of that crowd, as m ooh so al h had boto ia tho solitude of a deaert. Bitter was tin anguish of thst hour - ? fsiot bops so ly remained to n?tigst the fierceness of bis dospsir. "No more," said ho to himself; "u moro hsTO I friends aod acquaiotsoccj Bot lay family yet remaios to rae. Wit them I may yet Sod a boato, aad ooo soiation, sud peace." With throbbing heart ho hss-enejl t the boost whore he had dwelt Bot a ho went along his coofidence abated. He could not recognize bis borne, neither the walls nor the roof. Every? thing was new. With a feeliog of hesitation he entered. Children were at play; their mother aided io their sports, while the father, a hale middle aged maa, was at his work. The mo ment that Coniah was perceived all were still, and regarded him with apprehension and looks of suspicion. Addressing himself to the man, he said : "Call for me the son of Coniah." "The son of Coniah !" exclaimed the man in astonishment; "he has long since slept with his fathers." "Who, then, are you ?" Coniah asked. "E am the grandson of Coniah." Overjoyed, Coniah extended his arms to embrace him, exclaiming : "I am your grandfather !" Bat the grandson eluded bis caresses, and replied, with great astonishment : "You my grandfather ? No ! I never saw yon, and I know yon not." The distracted Coniah began to tell the story of bis wonderful sleep, and to entreat for the affection of his grandson. Bat the latter shook his bead, and answered : "You may remain here with rae and do what you please; but do not ask my love. I have never seen you before, and I know you not." So Coniah remained. But his life was wretched. There was no memory to connect him with his family and endear them to each other. He was in solitude, although surrounded by living persons; for they had never seen him before, and their hearts were not opened toward him. lie was never more than a sttangcr who abode with them. He visited the elderly men of the city, but no one could recognize him. They remembered the name of Couiah, the grea? Rabbi, but when he attempted to make himself known they repulsed bim angrily, saying : "You are imposing upon us. Coniah has been dead for many, many years. You canuot bc he." So be wandered about with his terri? ble sorrow, seeking some kinsman or friend to love and comfort him. But it was in vain. He could be received nowhere without a name; and when he insisted upon his own he was scouted asan impostor. One day he entered into the college where once he had been accustomed to teach and receive honor. To avoid re? proach, he for-bore to mention his name or speak of himself. A learned dis? cussion was goi: ? on, and he listened with his old eagerness. As each man argued, he would quote Coniah, his rules, his examples, his opinions, as mcu speak of one tor a long time dead. There eat the living Coniah, and dared not otter a word It was intolerable; he wept bitterly, and his cheeks flowed with scalding tears. When he left the college his anguish was more than he could bear. The changed faces around him, the terrible solitude in the midst of his fellow men, the absence of every tie between bim and them, oveipowered him. Falling upon the ground, he turned his face to the sky and cried i.o the Lord : "My God, I am deserted ! Give me, l'implore Thee, the society of men, or let me die. 1 am alone in the world; 0, take me heneo to Thee !" His prayer was heard. Weakness came upon him, and in a few days he expired. HOW BAIN IS FOB.VI ED. To understand the philosophy of this phenomenon, essential to the very exis? tence ot plants and animals, a few facts, derived from observation and a long train of experiments, must be remem? bered. Were the atmosphere every? where, at all times, at a uniform temperature, we should never have raio, hail or snow. The water absorbed by it in evaporation from the sea ?nd the earth's surface would descend in au imperceptible vapor, or cause to be absorbed by the air when it was once fully saturated. The absorbing power of the atmosphere, and consequently its capability to retain humidity, is propor? tional}- greater in cold than in wnrrn air. The air near the surface of the earth is warmer than it ia in the region of the cioudj. The higher we ascend from the earth the eolder we find thc atmosphere. Hence, the perpetual snow oo very high mountains, in the hottest climates. Now, when from evaporation the air is highly saturated with vapor though it be invisible-if its tempera? ture is suddenly reduced by cold currents descending from above, or rushing from a higher to lower latitude, its capacity to retain moisture is diminished, clouds .re formed and the result is rain. Air condenses as it cools, and, like a sponge filled with water and compressed, pours oat water which its diminished capacity cannot hold. How singular, yet how simple, is such an arrangement for the watering of the earth !- Scientific American. I@r One after another, the newspa? pers are giving their i timony against putting on blaek asa sign of mourning. The Pittsburgh Vnilcd Prnbyterian says: "A family will shroud itself in black for yean, as an expression of sor? row for ooo of ita dead. That one may bo in beaven, ?rejoicing with joy un? speakable, while relatives on earth ara Boeing about ii heavy and sombre garments, making their Uves as gloomy as they oso. There it io fitness ii th e thing, lt is often a mere mockery ol sorrow." lt abo objects to the practice 4i tho ground of iii expense to thc poor, ? -A ffood praetual edacation, inclu? ding a good trade, is a botte* ootft rbi a y oath, than a grand estate with th? ' drawback of ut empty mind. \ THE VKBDICT II* THE FAIR-CU1T? TENDES CASE. The cloie of the trial of Mrs. Fair, for the shooting of Mr. Critter den, is thus reported bj the San Francisco Alta: At five minutes after four o'clock the jury came into court and took their seats in the jury-box. They were pre? ceded bj Mr. Cook, who whispered something (probably the verdict of the jury) in Mrs. Fair's ear. She turned a i trifle paler than uaual, her head dropped to ono side, but otherwise she did not seem to be affected by the intelligence. The excitement among the audience was intense, and they climbed up on benches and the backs of* chairs in order to ob? tain a view of the scene which all felt would ensue. Judge Dwindle took his seat upon the bench. The court then wrote the following and read it to the jury : ''Gentlemen of the jury-You are instructed to state by your verdict, if you convicted thc prisoner, whether she was guilty of muder in the first degree, second de? gree, or manslaughter; you should so state. Foreman-We find the prisoner guil? ty of murder in the first degree. The clerk then read the verdi -t. and, calling each juror by name, asked him if that was bis verdict? All replied, "It is," The ominous words, "Guilty of mur? der in the first degree" fell from the lips of the foreman of the jury. Mrs. Fair's little daughter, who seemed to comprehend their full meaning, broke forth into a violent fit of sobbing. She leaned over upon her uiothcr, and her childish cry of anguish pierced every heart. Her paroxysm of grief became so violent that she sprung from her chair and fell in her mother's lap, her little arms encircling Mrs. Fair's neck. She continued in this position until the court adjourned. The scene wai a most affecting one. Several of the jurors were affected to tears, and even Judge Dwin? dle had difficulty io retaining command of his voice. The Sao Francisco Call adds the following : After some discussion between the prosecuting attorney and Mr. Cook, counsel for the defence, the court named the 29th of May as the day on which he would render his sentence. Judge Dwinelle remanded the prisoner into the custody of the Sheriff. She left, leaning upon the arm of Colonel Knox, ar,d leading her little daughter by the hand, with her mot her accompanying. A carriage was in waiting to receive the party, who entered itatuid an immense throng of people gathered in the streets I to get a glimpse at the prisoner. It was driven to the county jail, where the I prisoner alighted, entered, and was en? closed by the iron doors, to await her forthcoming to receive sentence for the crime of which she stands convicted. The mother and daughter attempted to enter thc jail with Mrs Fair, but were prevented by Jailor Kelley. Mrs. Fair appealed to him to let her child go with her. The jailor informed her that it was impossible. His order and his duty required him to prevent the en? trance of both her child and mother. The jailor asserts that Mrs Fair is con? fident she will neither be hanged nor sent to the State prison. On what her faith to the contrary is based is known only to herself, but the conjecture ia! that she relies upon tho ingenuity of her counsel and the "quips and quirks" of the law to effect her release. ETERNAL LIFE. Howe, in bia "Blessedness of the Righteous," has a noble passage, in which he contemplates innumerable j multitudes of pure and happy creatures inhabiting and replenishing ample and spacious regions above, ignorant of nothing lawful and pleasant to be known, curious to know nothing useless, endowed with a self-governing wisdom, yet with a noble freedom, all everywhere full of reverence sod dutiful love, every oue in his own eyes as nothing, self consist en?, even free of all self displeasure?, all assured of their acceptance with God, all counting rach other's felicity their own, and ever one's enjoyment multiplied 8' many thousand fold, as he apprehends j eve y ons as perfectly pleased and happy as himself. Well may the Chris tian say, as he ponders these noble thoughts, "0, what will it bc to be there !" And if the joy is so rapturous, the reit so blessed, the company so edi? fying, the place so glorious, Christ visible, God near, death behind, judg? ment over, what is our hope of this glory, and what result docs it produce in us ? Does it strengthen us for the dnties of life, and console us under its sorrows, making its crosses light, and its gains trifling? Surely we christians are but half awake, and the children of this world are io their generation wiser than the children of light. There are treas? ures for us that we will har lly think of, a home that ts barely worth our while to prepare for, joys which we languidly taste, gifts which we slothfully use. Yet the night is far spent, the day is at hand. We have slumbered and slept till our lamps are all but gone ont, let us haste to trim them, for the bride? groom is coming. Surely, if we quite believe about heaven all that the Bible tells of it, bow humility would clothe as, tod zeal inflame us, and the thought of our inheritance ennoble ns, making us calm ind brave as the sons of God ! -When you bear a person begin i story ebout another with 'they say,' pul it down as two-thirds false and th< balance doubtful. This 'they say' msket more mischief ia a town tn the way ol slander tbsp any down right lie thal can ba hatched ap. ' \ LAI CHTEK. We pity a person who never laughs -one that goes the livelong day with never a smile to flit across their coun? tenance. It is an evidence of a frame of mind that can never have any appreciative qualities-insensible to all pleasures that are momentarily occur? ring in one's pathway. We do not like to see such a rigidity of the facial powers-it betokens a temper that should be shunned. What heart eau be insensible to the laughter of childhood -ringing in our ears like the music of tinkling bells. There are a variety of laughs "The bouterons laugh that speaks the vacant mind," the laugh whose sparkling eye accom? panies with bright scintillations the utterance of soft sounds. Expressive lips assume a merry and changing sig? nificance, while the fit lasts. There is a something indefinable in this species of laughter, something seen as well as heard ; it is contageous ; a most de? lightful episode of cachioating pleasures, you laugh joyously because others set the example-you can assert no reason therefor, only by a secret sympathy do we respond to its enlivening influence. The laughter that is assumed cannot ape with any effect, this natural and exhilarating demonstration of mirth. Many people make themselves hideous in this forced laughter-this putting on the semblauce of honest mirth-it is shameless hypocrisy. The hypocrite has tims to compose and set his smile as you would set a time piece. His facial muscles may be educated for the purpose ; but genuine laughter is anoth? er thing-it comes to the surface as naturally as a duck takes to water it is not dissimulation, and he who can deceive through its instrumentality is an arch-hypocrite indeed. A man "may smile and smile and be a villian," even when he thinks the sword of his perfidy has - pierced the victims soul, and may gloat over the conquered with hyena like glee. This laugh, so perfectly fiendish, outdoes curses in cruelty, and has its origin in a totally depraved heart. The most simpering and innoxious ot laughs comes from those who strive to please, while grinning at every sentence spoken by themselves or concluded by others. There is no harm io these complacent laughters, except as they bore others and make themselves ridcu lous. Stereotyped they stand, and nobody attaches the slightest importance to that insignificant laugh which means nothing, and only exemplifies the force of habit. Art, io the matter ot laugh? ing, is always odious. Nature abhors a false smile as fervently as she does a painted cheek or a hollow word. Truth in ail things is her delight, and any step, taken in falsehood, mars her beauty forever. The treacherous laugh, like a lying word, betrays hypocrisy. -A tale of misery-a cock tail. So says Spiffies. -Marrying a woman for her beauty is like eating a nightingale for singing. -'Woman is a delusion, madam?' exclaimed a crusty old bachelor to a witty young lady. 'And man is always hugging some delusion or other/ was the quick retort. -'Bill,'said Bob,'Why is that tree j called the weeping willow ?' 'Cause one of the sneaky, plaguey things grew near the schoolhouse and supplied the master with switches.' -A well to do merchant living near Cairo has been arrested for endeavoring to starve his wife to death, so that he might marry his servant girl. The help is prettier than the wife. -A pardon reading the funeral ser? vices at the grave, forgot the sex of the deceased, and asked one of the mourn? ers, an Emcralder, 'Is thi? a brother or a sister?' 'Nather/ replied Pat, 'only s cousin.' -'Boy,' said an iii tempered old ? fellow to a noisy lad, 'what are you hollerio' for when I am going by ?' .Humph,' returned the boy,'what are you going by for when I am hollerin'?' -Schoolmasters will appreciate this : The difference between a fisherman and : a school boy-the one bates his books, the other hates his books. And the difference between a school boy and a clerk boy is, that one stores the mind and the other minds the stores. An Illinois woman committed suicide by hanging herself to an apple tree. At the funeral, a neighbor noticing the sad appearance of the husband, consoled him by saying that he had met with s terrible loss. 'Yes/ says the husband, heaving a sigh; 'she must have kicked like thunder to shako off six bushels of apples that would have been worth a doilar a bushel when they got ripe !' -After Susan B. Aothooy lectured at Kipton, lYisconsic, she wanted some recreation aud amusement ; so she took a walk on Sunday around the graveyard there. While she was enjoying tht literature of a tombstone she heard a lol of little boys saying 'That's her/ anc she thought 'such is fame.' Congratu? lating herself that even the children o the land koew her, she was accosted bj an orchin, who aaid: 'Say, ain't yoi the old lady who walks up the wire 01 the eire us tent to-morrow V - Said the distinguished Lon Chatham to his soo, "I would, hsve io* scribed oo the curtsies of your bed sot the walls of your chamber, "If yoo ? oot riae early, you can make progress ii nothing. If you do not set apart yoo hours of reading, if you suffer yoursel or any one else to break io upon'them your days will ?lip through your hsnd unprofitable and frivolous, aud uocnjov ed by yourself." " ROBERT BROTO, Cdttnty Surveyor. PLANS AND ESTIMATES furnished on application. Will at end to any business en? trusted to him with accuracy and dispatch. TERMS CASH. Befers to FOES OR FRIENDS. Address, Box 20, Manchester, S. C. ROBERT BROUN, D. S May 10_ LAW CARD~ JOSEPH GALLUCHAT,; ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY. SUMTER, S. C. ? Maj be fonnd at the office formerly occupied by Messrs. F. J. ? M. MOaES, on ?lain Street. March 22 3m For Sale THE place on which I reside, containing about TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED (2,700) acres ALSO My plantation on the Santee River, ?a Clarendon, containing TWO THOUSAND TWO HUN DRED (2,200) acres. ALSO The tract of about ELEVEN HUNDRED (1100) acres, lying partly in Sumter, partly in Claren? don, and ten miles South of Sumter C. H. This truct is heavily timbered and well adapted to Turpentine. Either of the above will be sold as a whole, or divided, if convenient, ty suit purch.i era. .INO. N. FIUERSON. Statesbnrg, S. C. May 3-tm AT THE Sumter Book Store. LETTER PAPER, 10 cents, per quire. Fools Cap paper, 15 cents, per quirs. Blank Books and Diaries for 1871. Almanacs. Writing Desks and Work Boxej. Hair Brashes and Tooth Blushes. Combs and Fancy Articles. A large lot of Miscellaneous Books, Novels, at reduced rates. A. WHITE A CO. CITIZEN'S SAVINGS BANK South Carolina, DEPOSITS OF OXE DOLLAR ASD UP- \ WARDS RECEIVED. Interest allowed at the rate of Seven per cent, j per annum on Certificates of Deposit, and S?x per cent, oa SAVINGS j ACCOUNTS. COMPOUNDED EVER"? SIX MONTHS. OFFICERS. WM. MARTIN. President. JOHN B. PALMER, \ V:-..t>". t JOHN P. THOMAS!} . G. BR ENIZER, Cashier. JOHN C B. SMITH, Assistant Cashier. J. W. DARGAN, Assistant Cashier at Sumter. Local Finance Committee at Sumter, j J. T. SOLOMONS, j J. S. RICHARDSON, L. G. PATE, J T. B. FRASER. This ,;s a Home Institution and merits the patronage of the people of the State-at the same time a safe t>laco to deposit their money, which can be withdrawn whenever uecded. general Banking Business done. Heme and Foreign Checks Bought and Sold. Old Bank Bilis, Dilapidated Currency and 6old purchased. Revenos Stamps for Sale. Banking Honrs J rom 9 o'clock) A. M. to 3 P. A!., ami every Saturdaj aft* r. nofjit,froni 5 to 7 o'clor/c Jan 18_ PERSONAL. XtfAH WALKER & CO. THE Celebrated Clothiers ol BALTIMORE, MD. Announce the introduction of a plan of ordering CLOTHING AND UNDERWEAR BY LETT Kit, to which they call your special attention. They will send on application their improved and accurate RULES FOR SELF-MEASUREMENT, and a full line of s imples from their immense stock of CLOTHS, CASSIM EKES. COAT HU?S. SM M MUS. Ac, Ac. tho? enabling parties in any part of the country to order theil Clothing and Shirts direct from them, w th tin certainty of receiving garments ot The Very Latest Style And Most Perfect Fit attainable. tseols ordered will be sent, by Express to ar,} part of thc country. As is wc'l knowe throughout the Souther' Sutes they have for FORTY-THREE YEAR: EXCELLED in all departments of their busiacs?, which is s I i substantial guarantee as to the character of tb< J ! Goods they wit) send out. A large and well-assorted stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING always on b*nd, together with a full line of FURNISHING GOODS including all the latest Novelties in Design, and a POPULAR PRICES. When Goods are sent per Ex prc.? ? C. O D. there will be no collection charge cn amounts u $20 and over Bales for Self-Measurement, Samples o Goods aad Price List sent /ree on application. The attention of the Trade is in vi.ed to oe WHO LES ALB DEPART*EST whieh is al ways kept ap to the highest sunda rd. MOAH WALKER 4 CO. Manufacturera and Dealers ia Mae's and Boyi Ciethieg and Famishing Goods, either ready made or made to order. 114 ?nd 167 Baltimore Street, BALTIMORE, MD: AprU 5. ly. 0 F EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THU OFFICE OF i I The Sumter Watchman, j -IS TEE Highest Style of Hie Art. iJBEAD^EEPULLYT A^us and Fover. : Thc f?ily preventive known for Chills .11 1 Fever ' is thc usc of Wv?fc's Schied tm Scbaa] ps. Woife:s Schiedam t?chnapps, Ts good for l>\?f.'j -;a. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnappe. Is * preventive of Ci iii*, sad Fever. "Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. Is good f>r Kidney and bladder complaict*. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. Ii used all over the won i by physicians io tiioir _|T:i-.--i-.* " Wolfe's Schiedam Hein nipps. Ia food for G ont. Wolfe's Scliiedam Schnapps. *s fp?d for all Uri' arv Complaint?. Wolfe's Schiedam Scenapps. Is recouatended bj ali tb': Medica] Faculty. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. Is got!-] for Colic and r.:t?n ?-j tbc Stomach Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. Is imitated and coanterfcited, and parchasers will have to uso caution in utrcbaiing. I b^g leave to call thc ?trenr?.?n of tho rc\ Vr to testimonials in favor vf thc Schnapps: I t'eel !> .and to say that I regardyoor Schnapps as being ia every respect pr? eminently pore and deserving ot medica] patronage. At all ev.-nts it i? the |.u^c^t possible article >.f liol laud (iiu, heretofore onol>tait.abS<r, nt.il i.? . ?1. may be sa:e!v prescribed i>y physicians. DAVID h. 510 CT, 31. D., PLarmacetmcal Chem ist, New-York. LOIISVILLK, KT., Sept. I.-I fell that wc have now an article ?if (?in, suitable for such cases a? that remedy is adapted t?. DU. J, W. BRIGHT. "Schnapps," is a rcuicJy ia chronic catamai complaints, etc. : I take great picture in benrirr highly credita? ble testimony to itsefiicacy as a remedial u~ent in thc dis. nscs for which y.,.j recootmead it. Having a natural tendency to tho mucous sur? faces, with a s?^Lt decree of stimulation, I regard it ss one of the most important'remedies in chronic catarrhal affections, particularly those of the genito urinary apparatus. With much respect, your ob?rent servant, CHAS. A. LEAS, M. D.,Xcw-York. 26 PINT. STREET. NEW-YORK, NOV. 21, ISC UDOLFBO WOLFE,ESQ., Prc*?**; DcAttStft: I bave made a chemical examination ot" a samplo of your "Scbitdaai Schnapps,'' with the intctn. w. determining if any foreign ?>r injarious substance bad been added to tbesimple di.?:illed spirits. The examination has resulted if: thc conclus on that the s irap'c contained ne poisonous or harmful admixture. I have leen enable to discover any trice of?t!io dele tenons substances wbicb aro sometimes employe'! in thc adulteration ?r?.?.]ujr? I wouid not hesitate to use myself, aor 1 > re&ra mend to others, for medicinal po* j. .-es, ;iio '.Schiedam Schnapps" as aa excellent and i n objectionable variety of giu. Ver? respectfully yours, (Signed) CHAS. A SEELY, Ch.mist CHEMICAL AX? T\ i'M. \t. I.An-r;- T-nr. \% EXCHANGE PUCE, XKW-YORK. Nor. SS, 1SC7 - UDOLPHO \\ O:.FK, E>a> DEJAS SIB : '1 Le und?r signcl have carefully and th' r ughly analyze 1 a samplo of your "Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps," selected by ourselves, an.I h..v.- f. >ut;? I tbe -ato~ frecfrom nil organic orioorganic ?abstanet *.m ?r-? or ie*s injurious te health. Frons the r-.-'.'t of< IT examination wecor.-i 1er the art i ric "rc uf >up< : or quality, healthful as a bevcraj:", a:.-': tff '.tuai in its niedieinal qualities. K<,IP*'0,?'",,''V v- -rw. (Signed) ALEX. TKfPPEl . -li-t. FRANCIS L. ENtiELii I. BI?, M. D. Forsvleby sdi respectable Grocers and Draggit-tx, UDOLPIIO WOLFIvS EST., 22 B&aYEK-ST, N. Y. : March 23_ i?DR!4N&V0LL?m WILM1X'. TOX, X. C. j WE KEEP THE M VT COMPLETE AS? SORTMENT GROCESIES j TO EE FOUND IN ANY Sot THURS MAH ! kc:. Ocr Line*? PROVISIONS I Of ee#ry kinds* c*sopb.tc, :... :> .; .1 .;. I ?B*aIi mdc<vments> to.I ..!.'..- N ?Cv.. I - ! baying cu-?'.mers aili Ci i ... >'. .? - ??. ? j by ordering from u?. 1 ' a:. s c .. 1 ::.?-: ?'? : I truie is unusually tull. Wines, Liquors & Tobacco. ! ALL KIM'S j* Whisker, Gin, r ' Rr..u.?y", W- .-. . ... Ale, P.'rrr. Chewing Tobacco, ii. ra^di ? a-. I 1 ' : great v.i:i. ty. Sia .i.i.'.g Tobacco, al? k. . >. ia i ; * .. ' . poon.I packages. J Segar?, a g.?od many ti..', re?? *. .'? ? . r j q-ialitie*. j Thc above wc offer to thc . ! ' . "A ;! ADRIAN & Vt*!.:.!.. I M.ircb 27 w,, SN STO?E. 16,000 ??anas ? ; j s,f?no Barrels Floor, l.'.O Earrc's Pork, 90 Boxes D. S. anti '? .' 3? Ilbdp. I>. S. ar 1 Sm ' i S i.- ae i Shoulder?, ?l.'oi Sack.? hi". .1 iva at- '? : . :'?*.??%, 2? Uh ts. IVr nrnra ..> .< i". !. L i:? t'.K's. Beaned > . r ;!?:? linds. Coba M i . 150 BM*. Ont.;, V..'.:.. . 15? Hbds Sogar !'... 100 BK?. Suv.rllui>- :.? 3IMI it ?le? H.-.*. ? 2,C(MI s . k* Salt. l.MI Itb) . and B?rrC '" i - ?. I j 'I ?ib.? HuttlT, .".HI Boxes Soap. I ll1?! C*sc? Lye *r?d 1' ' . j 7? BM*, and Tub.? I. :.i Bhhuand Kits Ma? r. 7? BoXC? TobaCt -:. , SO Boxer So?::, I * ;..? Krg* Nails, I 5a Box** Ct>?e?, For sate IIN *F. W. KK ' 27. 2S and 28 N'oirh ? - ' ci. ; May 10 _V. i ". ... V i\ j UB4 Plaster-Laa<! t. [13,000KaSLSVl. tv: f " F'H" sale I v> 1 March F. W. Kl.:. .IW.R.